Record ID: WILT-19531D
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A modern incomplete copper-alloy cross belt plate of the Devizes Loyal Volunteers dating to AD 1798-1808. The front face is decorated with the Devizes coat of arms depicting a castle with a crown above flanked by G R. The belt plate is inscribed DEVIZES LOYAL VOLUNTEERS. The to reverse the bent spike at the top of the mount is incomplete (4.8mm wide at the break), at the bottom of the reverse are two circular studs with flattened tops (12.9mm in diameter). Devizes was an Association 1798-1801, and a Volunteer Infantry Battalion 1803-1808, some of the officers in the latter were in …
Created on: Wednesday 31st January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 31st January 2018
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